About this episode

Charly Wilder discusses her unique perspective on travel journalism and the culinary world.

Charly Wilder is writer, award-winning journalist and executive editor at Roads & Kingdoms. __ Charly Wilder Instagram Twitter/X LinkedIn __ Timestamps 00:00 Respect the Quad God 05:45 Maintaining a unique travel journalism perspective 10:51 Looking at the world through many lenses 17:10 The deepest culinary tours on Earth 23:50 The Roads and Kingdoms audience 28:57 Curating contributors 34:16 Joining the Roads and Kingdoms team 37:36 Maintaining and updating city guides 45:03 Thinking about food as a storyteller 48:14 The qualities of a great travel and food writer __ Our intro song, Night Life, is written by Nakisso Peralta and performed by Chillers

People in this episode

Guest: Charly Wilder

Topics covered

• travel journalism
• culinary tours
• storytelling
• food writing
• audience engagement
• contributor curation

Keywords

• travel
• journalism
• food
• writing
• culinary
• storytelling
• audience
• contributors

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Roads & Kingdoms, Chillers

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